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Lots of old conspiracy theories claiming he was a pedophile lizard person. Surprised that hasn't stuck with some of the types inclined to believe that stuff. RIP to one of the few country artists I have a lot of appreciation for. The Highwaymen are a staggering fusion of legends that I will never tire of listening to.

Tell ya what. You come up with some numbers for me on how many kids have been "forced" into gender affirming care against their own or their parent's wishes and I'll concede that this is a real, widespread problem and not some grossly overhyped straw man meant to to rile up the MAGA culture warriors that mostly have absolutely no clue as to what any of this really means to those having to deal with it. Let's talk about issues that affect more than .01% of the American populace and leave the people dealing with these incredibly difficult decisions in peace.

Sure. You keep going with that, be my guest. We have had this conversation before, probably several times. A second admin staffed by flunkies possessing no qualifications other than blind loyalty and sociopathy will not tell the Turnip "NO" when he wants to do stupid shlt like fire 50,000 qualified government workers, shoot protestors and migrants, or withhold federal disaster aid to a blue state. Also, I'm not sure how anyone can be versed in "translating Turnip" since he himself doesn't even know what is truth, lie, or somewhere in between. I realize that one should never trust a politician, but your boy doesn't even ATTEMPT to be truthful. Like, ever. Regrettably, many (especially here) believe much of what he says on it's face, or at the very least cannot distinguish his "hyperbole" from flat-out untruth. That is why multiple geeks (among millions of others) are admittedly totally cool with violently dealing with ALL LIBERALS.

To your 2nd paragraph: IMO you are glazing over his propensity for lying. At his most honest, he's still prone to hyperbole. Typically, much of what comes out of his mouth is flat-out lies, I could start listing some of them, but it probably isn't worth the time. I also strongly disagree that he is a qualified leader. He would never be able to reach a leadership position in the company I work for, and let's just say I have less responsibility than the President. His party is in the midst of banning books from public libraries, so he's not exactly a champion of 1A. As for all the talk about mutilating kids- BS. Supporting access to gender affirming procedures is not the same as favoring child mutilation. Much like abortion, it's a private matter between patients, parents, and their medical providers. If it's not your reproductive system in question, it's none of your damn business what choices other people make. It's not a concern for me at all. What would concern me more is if I found out one of my kids was suffering from gender dysphoria and a political party was responsible for me not being able to seek the care I feel necessary. That is not the role of government, especially if you're of the mind that gov't size and influence needs to be reduced.

@Frozenbeernuts I want to give you a thoughtful response and appreciate you doing the same, but can't give it the time it deserves at the moment. But I will, and if I don't, remind me, please.

Disheartening study. We try not to talk politics in front of our kids, and when they overhear something derogatory about Trump, I try to couch it with a statement like "this is what mom and dad believe, but many people don't agree with us, and in the end we're all Americans with more in common than not." Personally, I'm not a Democrat, I don't blindly support any liberal policies, acknowledge the many negative consequences of policies that I do mostly agree with, and staunchly hate the party itself. I am not pleased with Biden or Harris as a candidate. Unfortunately for all of us, the GOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump org, and refuse to find a better nominee, despite him being the most reviled candidate ever. Find someone better and this election would already be over, FFS. ETA: I have absolutely no idea what any of our kids' friends' parents political leanings are, and don't GAF.

The problem IMO is that they trust nothing but Trump, who has no use for, or concept of, the truth. Trump’s truth is only what transactionally and expeditiously favors Trump in any given moment.

They're so enraptured by their orange god that, like him, they no longer have any concept of truth or lies. There is only what Donald tells them, and that is their truth. This is why he is such a threat. His cult is so far gone they will support and defend anything he does, no matter how heinous or illegal.

Ignorant Trumptards think Democrats are committing infanticide.

You are way too eager to continue this exchange. Hope you figured out the original condom joke, but now it's just getting too weird for me. Fetishize another geek, I'm out.

Silly Maxipad, pans are for frying, not fornicating! You're into some weird shlt.

I will not accept disparaging remarks about halflings you fuking bigot! Sincerely, half German/half Irish geek

I have been told that cannot happen and we should trust science.

My Trump condoms did something similar.

I'm an adult and I liking here.

I guess she's screwed with the under-18 voting demographic then.

What kind of barbaric school let you do that? We were watched too closely during breaks at school for it to happen there. Best place for it was whichever house where the parents weren't home.

We called this garbage ball or basketbrawl. Fun as hell to play, prolly not great as a spectator sport. If you were playing on someone's driveway hoop, injuries were a near certainty.

Just like the sign says, HARRIS/WALZ OBVIOUSLY.

THE TRUTH per @jonmxmight as well come directly from the mouths of Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Vlad Putin. Thinks MN might swing to Trump. Sure, bud. How about you divulge where you actually get THE TRUTH from? Butbutbut he looks at ALL INFORMATION critically and chooses... right wing propaganda every time. Fuking wackadoo.

She's hoping to goad him into more ridiculousness on a national stage, likely as close to the election as possible. She doesn't need to debate him, she just needs to sound semi competent and say a few choice words about crowd sizes, being a convicted felon, his weird hair, etc. Basically the exact opposite of what other world leaders do to Trump, flattering him until he agrees to whatever they want.

What are you, some kinda jerk?

Start Murray unless you're talking about superflex.

I'm not counting any chickens yet, but I'm feeling pretty good about this season so far. The real story is Flores and the defense finding solutions for some pretty good offenses. Hell, even the Giants have shown a pulse offensively since the Vikes pounded them. Hopefully B-Flo and the boys keep it up against the Packers.

Honestly, I wish all presidential nominees were required to take and disclose the score of an IQ test. A cadre of personality tests would be fine too, up until the point we found out for sure that everyone that's run for POTUS since Reagan is an unhinged sociopath.